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Eni, Total, Occidental sign $4 bn Algeria oil contract
Eni, Total, Occidental sign $4 bn Algeria oil contract
World
by  AFP

Italy's Eni, US major Occidental, France's Total and the Algerian group Sonatrach signed a $4 billion oil and gas production-sharing contract Tuesday for the Berkine field in the country's southeast. The deal was signed under Algeria's 2019 hydrocarbon law that allows for production sharing with foreign partners.

Ukraine lawmakers vote to sack prosecutor general, security chief
Ukraine lawmakers vote to sack prosecutor general, security chief
World
by  AFP

Ukrainian lawmakers on Tuesday endorsed the president's decision to sack the country's top prosecutor and security chief, rubber stamping Ukraine's largest political shake-up since Russia invaded. He replaced Bakanov on Monday and described the shake up in the security services as an "audit" and said that 28 security officials were facing dismissal.

Boeing wins $8bn order in latest boost for MAX jets
Boeing wins $8bn order in latest boost for MAX jets
Business and Economy
by  AFP

US planemaker Boeing won a fresh boost Tuesday for its crisis-hit MAX aircraft, as investment fund 777 Partners ordered up to 66 of the passenger aircraft worth a combined $8 billion. US airline Delta on Monday announced a deal to buy 100 MAX passenger aircraft worth a combined $13.5 billion.

Initial blood tests inconclusive in S.Africa pub deaths
Initial blood tests inconclusive in S.Africa pub deaths
Africa
by  AFP

The deaths of 21 young people at a South African tavern more than three weeks ago remains a mystery as a preliminary toxicology report was inconclusive, provincial authorities said Tuesday. Twenty-one people aged between 14 and 20 were found dead on June 26 at the Enyobeni tavern in Scenery Park, a township in the coastal city of East London.